Improved bed-bottom



@uiten gieten etnt @Hita H. L. ISHAM, OF PLATTSBURG, NEW YORK.

Letters Pate/nt No. 69,441, dated October l, 1867.

IMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, H. L. ISHAM, of Plnttsbnrg, in the county ofClinton, and in the 'State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms; and dohereby declare that the following is a` full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspeciication.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the bedstend, within which isset the bed-bottom. This bed bottom is composed of series of horizontalslats CC C, which are connected to cross-pieoes B B :it euch end. Uponthe under sides of the cross-pieeesAB B is a series of metallic loops,c, which encircle rubber bands a a.. Each end ot' the slats C isprovided with two narrow slots :c x, (see fig. 4,) which open in the endof the saiil slats, and into which are passed the hands a a. All of theslats being thus attached to a Vcorresponding number of bands, a.leather holt, D, is wound over and under every slat at euch end of thehed, thus securingthem in place, and preventing them from becoming tooclose to each other or too far off. A bed-bottom thus formed will befound elastic anddurnble, and can be readily adjusted.

Having thus fullyvdescribed my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- The combination' of the slats C C withnarrow slots at each end for securing the bands a a that connect the-slavts to Ythe cross-pieces B, and additionally connecting the slats,one with the other, by the belts D D,

whereby vthe slats are prevented from turning, as herein specicd.

I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of July, 1867.

H. L. ISHAM. Witnesses:v

H. E. Baumann, A. N. Mann.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing

